Thursday, January 12, 2017

Quick Brown Foxwelcomes your book reviews.
I also welcome other book related pieces and reviews of plays, movies,
restaurants and anything else that catches your fancy, most especially if your
(non-book) review is tongue in cheek.

You might review restaurants you can’t afford, based on what you can see
peering through the window. Or you might review the patrons of some event,
rather than the event itself. Or you might review something that doesn’t
usually get reviewed, such as your former lovers or other people's kids (no
names please), or you might review the baristas at your favourite and least
favourite coffee shops. Or otherwise use your imagination to get up to some
mischief.

Think of a review as being more like
a personal essay than a straight-up assessment of some book or other
cultural object. If you want to know how to write a book review (and the form is
much the same for any kind of review) see here. See a good example of a film review hereor of a quirky film
review here. And see many examples of
book reviews published on Quick Brown Fox here(and scroll down).

I’m also happy to receive other book-related pieces; such as a personal
essay about one of your favourite books. For an example, see here.

Please keep your reviews and essays fairly short and as free of long paragraphs and clumsy
prose as you can manage.

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.